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John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, insisted that his deputy be reported to the police after hearing about allegations of rape against him.

Mr Bercow “wanted to ensure the police were informed” after he was consulted by an MP about an allegation of sexual assault and then a separate rape complaint against Nigel Evans, Preston Crown Court was told yesterday.

The Speaker met one of the alleged victims, who worked in Parliament, to hear that while the young man slept on the sofa at Mr Evans’s constituency home, the MP had placed a hand in his boxer